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1 Moment of Time: Silentville 
Uncover a mystery and save a town from a curse in 1 Moment of Time: Silentville! Once upon a time in the small, undistinguished town of Silentville people started disappearing - one by one. Even the visitors suddenly disappeared without a trace. Airplanes and birds, trains and pedestrians, drivers, tourists and even bicyclers - all of them have vanished! Will you be able to solve the mystery and release Silentville from its cursed non-existence?
- Beautiful graphics
- Original mini-games
- Intriguing story
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Game System Requirements:
- OS: Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7/8
- CPU: 1.8 GHz
- RAM: 512 MB
- DirectX: 8.1
- Hard Drive: 518 MB
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I loved it! I played 30 minutes and bought it!
Everyone disappears mysteriously Silentville!
Very attractive and well developed story, especially because the cutscenes bring how was the disappearance of each character.
Good crisp graphics, made with care, as well as VO and pleasant soundtrack.
Many locations to explore, with good level of challenge. Sometimes we do not know where to go. But ... it has a good map, and a journal - and hint takes you to where you have to interact.
Really interactive HOS, for example, to get the cheese you have to remove the mouse, which will be placed near a cat, which is also hidden.Or put together parts of objects, or even actions like extinguishing a candle.
Popular mini games, like connect the railroad tracks (connecting pipes) and others brand new.
This game provides very good entertainment for the weekend! Enjoy!
June 16, 2012
1 Moment of Time: Silentville - many moments of fun!
Silentville has it all, for me. An unusual story, charming scenes, no on-screen "help" to guide me - which makes it rather challenging, having to guess what to do next. But the HO scenes are what really makes it fun. I couldn't just hunt for an object and click on it, almost every item on the list was interactive, and there were multiple doors and cupboards to open, items to repair, to match, or to put together. For example, one item was "lit cigarette," so after finding the cigarette I kept looking for the matches; finally realized I had to light the cigarette from the candle. The game is challenging without being truly difficult, the puzzles aren't too hard or unusual, and the story progresses nicely. It is a long game, I suspect, tho I haven't finished it yet, because it took forever to download. While there is an evil out there to banish, the story - and the scenery - is not dreary. Haven't seen skull, crypt, or rainy night, so far!
June 16, 2012
Good enough to buy after 12 minutes!
Alright, I admit I should likely wait to review this as it could all go horribly wrong further in, but suffice for now to say that I realized, in playing the demo, I was playing w/ a BIG smile on my face, and it's been a while since I've felt that. Soooo after 12 minutes of great graphics, wonderful voice over, intriguing story and 2 of the most highly interactive Hidden Object scenes I have *ever* played I had to stop and buy. Particularly because this is NOT a Collector's Edition and I want to encourage, through my dollars spent, this kind of quality in Standard Editions.
It's shaping up to be a good night!
June 16, 2012
Silentville
Based on the demo:
Played this game on Hard Mode.
For those who do not like black side bars-this did
not fill my screen, but I really didn't notice at first,
was to busy playing.
Absolutely love this gem of a game.
Voice overs are excellent-narrarator's voice reminds
me of Jim Dale (who did narraration for tv
show "Pushing Daisies")
H. O. scenes are interactive, not overly difficult
to get through and alot more interesting than just
finding objects.
Game flowed smoothly, I didn't get stuck wondering
what to do next.
Your character is affected by what is going on, which,
to me, makes sense.
Graphics are clear.
A definite buy.
June 16, 2012
fun moments of playing 1 moment of time
This game is well made, graphics are clear and well designed, music is cheerful and suitable for this fun game, hint button is very helpful if you're getting lost and don't know what to do next it will transport you to the location you need getting to next. I liked the extra challenge of combining objects in order to find them on the list. I gave this game 4 stars and not 5 because I do not like the font of the HO list, I also think that it is hard to read blue words written on this grayish background, but beside this technical difficulty I think that the game has lots of fun moments, I purchased it and recommend it to all that appreciate great HO games.
June 18, 2012
A Good Game However Some Frustration 3.5 Stars
This review is for the whole game playing in challenge mode.
Story: You have to break the curse that has been put on Silentville and uncover the mystery behind the disappearances of the people.
5 chapters
Voice overs
2 play modes: Casual and Challenge: Challenge only shows sparkles of the HOS (hidden object scenes). Some areas of the game when you click on something 'helpful' tips will appear up at the top of the screen and some areas when you click on something will show 'gears' with no 'helpful' tips.
Diary: Holds notes and some puzzle clues.
Map: You get a few minutes into the game that has 10 locations. The first (train station) is shown on the map while the rest of them have a 'fog' over them until you move along in the game then new areas will open up. You can also use the map to travel back/forth., Also if you hover your mouse it will show the names of the locations however won't show you if there is anything to do in the locations.
HOS: All found by word list. The majority are in black text color which are interactive and the ones in blue you find like you normally would.
Hint: Takes about a couple of minutes for charge up. Is also helpful outside of the HOS as it will direct you where to go however if you are in a scene where there is nothing to do at the present time will take you to a scene where there is something to do.
Puzzles: Just to name a few: Train track, throw the ball into the baskets, shuffle the key pieces, rotate the rings. Skip takes about a couple of minutes.
My overall impression of the game:
Well I'm gonna start off with what I liked about this game.
The graphics/artwork/voice overs I found to be just excellent as I enjoyed the cut scenes when you click on a character to get their story of how the town came to be with the curse. I also found the ending to be satisfactory.
I also enjoyed the "screen movement" the screen going up/down and the sound of someone "walking", as I thought that was pretty cool.
This seemed to be more adventure to me with some HOS and puzzles as there is a lot of traveling back/forth to this game and so glad there was a map.
HOS: I liked that the majority are interactive requiring an extra step. Some scenes in my opinion a bit on the Sanford & Son junkyard side but not too bad.
Puzzles: I'm not a fan of these but to my surprise I enjoyed a few of them. Did most of them but skipped a couple of them.
Now for the frustration and I'm not the only one according to the game forum for this game as these cannot be skipped:
The cuckoo clock on one of the HOS trying to get the clock hands to move, setting the radio to the right station trying to get the knobs to move, the flower potion as I had to consult the walk through for this one part, and the fridge magnet as I got an error message but thank goodness Big Fish had a fix for that when I got to that part of the game so just had to uninstall/reinstall and was able to continue again where I left off without starting over.
Oh and I also had to change my screen setting as this game didn't fill my screen. The year is 2012 lets get with it here developer. LOL!
As for game length: I got 6 plus hours out of this game cause I quit keeping track at that point so definitely long enough for me. Depending on your game play you may or may not get this much time.
Overall I'm actually right in between 3 and 4 stars for this game and since I can't give 3.5 stars, I decided to give it 4 because for a SE version has lots to do, really enjoyed the story and definitely long enough game as I mentioned but couldn't overlook the few frustrations so knocked it down a star and also knocked down the fun factor.
Thanks Big Fish and developer for a good game here.
As always definitely give it a whirl and decide for yourself.
June 18, 2012
What a Surprise.....I enjoyed the HOG (and I don't particularly like HOG)!!
A terrible storm envelopes the town and people disappear (yet there are still people there?).There is a map that does teleport you to available areas (more area's open as you accomplish tasks#. Hint button recharges very quickly. You have a journal that records all necessary information for the tasks you need to complete. There are two options of play casual and challenge mode where hints and sparkles are off.
Yes there are sparkles.
The voice over is very excellent and makes a wonderful storyteller. You can skip the story, I prefer to hear the story because I enjoy a good story based game, however you are not able to just read the text #I read faster than he talks# and click to advance to the next page...you must let him complete speaking, which while I enjoyed the sound of his voice I found annoying I had to wait.
Music is what it is; some people hate the sound in games others don't really care. For those that listen it is what I would refer to as comical dramatic, light hearted.
The best part of the game is actually the HOG; they are so interactive it is like an adventure game. You find an item and have to figure out what to do with it. Sounds easy right? Not so fast...they really put some thought into this and it isn't always what you would expect....not like your typical HOG where you pick up a key to unlock a box...how boring!
For someone who considers herself more an adventure player I was extremely surprised to find myself enjoying this. This could put a whole new spin on HOG if other dev.?s picked up on it I am sure more of us would quit complaining about the HOG in "HO/Adventure" games. Of course, there are still a few items you can just point and click...usually just 2-3 items #in blue)....I can deal with that.
You simply must try this game..demo it...at first I wasn't too sure, but by the 2-3 HOG I was convinced!
June 17, 2012
EXCELLENT!
Have just finished the SE one hour trial, and it was quite challenging. Opted for the "Expert" mode, as I don't like games to be too easy. The HO scenes were not the usual "fine one object at a time" - quite the opposite - which I found to be quite an achievement once I had solved each one. In my opinion this makes it a good game to play. Only got to part one of chapter 2, so obviously cannot comment on rest of game, but if it continues in the same vein, I am sure it will be truly excellent! Will definitely be purchasing this one.
June 16, 2012
Excellent hidden object scenes
I don?t know if 2Monkeys is a new developer or simply one I haven?t heard of yet but I love their hidden object scenes. There are so many interactive items & many of them are like a little mini puzzle to try & solve. Apart from the excellent H0s there are some mini games but they are few & far between, there was one where you had to ?throw? balls into baskets, I could not get the balls to move anywhere so ended up skipping.
In each scene there is usually at least one task to perform & these were excellent; some took quite a bit of thinking about to solve. Many were along the lines of a ?chemical? experiment in that you had to find different objects & put them together in a specific order. As you might imagine with so many tasks you will end up with a rather full inventory.
You get a diary which does contain some helpful clues (for some odd reason it also says task list but there isn?t one) & a little way into the game you get a map; it is interactive between areas but not scenes. This is really useful as there are a lot of places to visit. One thing that really annoyed me was the doors which are everywhere; they open automatically if your mouse gets close so there is the constant sound of them opening & closing at times.
The cut scenes are unusual; rather than being fully fledged pictures they show the type of work the artists used to create the game scenery & I really enjoyed them. The voiceovers are good but not clickable so you either have to sit through them or skip altogether but if you do you will miss the story. I was fooled in the very first scene as after the prologue I went into ?click? mode to find where to go; nothing happened & I was wondering what I had done wrong when a pair of hands appeared on screen. It seems I was too eager to start or perhaps the gameplay is a little slow.
The graphics are average; a little blurred in places, the artwork good although I did find some of the scenes rather dark. There are two modes of play; casual with a 35 second hint recharge & lots of sparkles/glints to point you in the right direction or challenge with a 70 second hint & sparkles only for the H0 scenes. The hint is useful as it will take you directly to the location of the next necessary action.
All in all a good game with a great many puzzles/tasks to solve; there are some flaws but don?t let that put you off if you want to give your brain a workout.
June 25, 2012
A True iHOG...love it!
Although I haven't written many reviews, I knew, with this one, I had to write! After playing 15 min. of the Free Trial, I purchased this one. Now, I've completed 1 hour & I'm not disappointed in my purchase. So far, all the HO scenes require interaction in order to uncover the required HO...well concealed, but not impossible to locate, due to very clear graphics, good color & brightness in HO scenes. HINT refills quickly, MAP & JOURNAL available. HINT button takes you directly to the location needed to complete next step. Mini-games are fairly typical, require a bit of thinking, but not impossibly frustrating as some tend to be. This is one of the few stories that is interesting, with dialogue that provides necessary info; you may SKIP dialogue, but you may miss needed info. Although the characters are "frozen" in time, due to magic, I haven't found any gory scenes, murders, etc... I enjoy these mysteries, but tend to tire of all the blood & gore! I'm playing in the Expert mode, but Casual is available for those not real familiar with iHOG. I'm deaf, so I play with sound muted. I highly recommend this iHOG, based on my first hour...especially during this "buy 1-get 1 free" weekend ! Thanks, BFG, for another keeper!
June 16, 2012
